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  • •The sweep's most interesting stunt continues tonight as CSI (CBS, 9 ET/PT) airs an episode written by Two and a Half Men's Chuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn.

    Critic's Corner Thursday 2008

  • •TV's most popular sitcom kicks off the sweep's cleverest stunt with a murder/mystery episode of Two and a Half Men (CBS, 9 ET/PT) written by the writers of CSI.

    Critic's Corner Monday 2008

  • Doctors Peddie and McDonald had told Crozier that the boy's lungs were as solidly packed with coal dust as a chimney sweep's pockets.

    The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007

  • Each time the chimney sweep's sooty hand smacked the powdered bottom of the lady of the manor, Drew grieved a little — that dusky handprint on alabaster flank falling like a shadow on his erotic soul.

    You Suck Moore, Christopher, 1957- 2007

  • "All right, once we cross the Avenue, we'll do it like a sweep, except this is so Mage Cerryl knows what a sweep's like, and also so you don't forget."

    Colors of Chaos Modesitt, L. E. 1999

  • Afternoon tea on the hovercraft goes down well when your tongue has a relationship with your mouth like a sweep's brush has with a chimney.

    Some by Fire Pawson, Stuart 1999

  • She glanced over her shoulder, expecting the chimney sweep's broom to slam into her head.

    Once An Angel Medeiros, Teresa, 1962- 1993

  • One of their short-range radar sweep's working overtime.

    Noble House Clavell, James 1981

  • The height of the sweep's crown determines how much soil it throws.

    Chapter 10 1981

  • One of their short-range radar sweep's working overtime.

    Noble House Clavell, James 1981

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